Over at SleuthSayers today I review the best short mysteries of the year, all selected from the ones I reviewed here.  

"The Best Justice Money Can Buy," by C.C. Finlay, in  The Reinvented Detective, edited by Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek, Caezik S...

"Hitman Walked Into A Romance," by Roberta Gibson, in SoWest: Wrong Turn, DS Publishing, 2023 . This is apparently one of those an...

 "Permanent Lent," by Peter Spiegelman, in Brutal and Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello, edited by Jim Fus...

  "Freezer Burn," by April Kelly, in Mystery Magazine, January 2024. Th is is the second appearance in my reviews by April Kelly....

"God's Way of Hiding in the Shadows," by Thomas Trang, in The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved , edited by...

  "A Right Jolly Old Elf," by Joseph S. Walker, Black Cat Weekly , #120, 2023. This is the eleventh story by my friend  to grace ...

"Eleanor Rigby," by John Copenhaver, in Happiness is A Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles, edited by Jo...

"I'll Be Back," by Christine Poulson, in Happiness is A Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the Beatles, edited ...

"Chrysanthemums," by Asaf Schurr, in West Jerusalem Noir, edited by Maayan Eitan, Akashic Press, 2023. The publisher sent me a fr...